River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-17
NoRrxwEsrERN NEWS.

NORTHwEsTERN NEWS.
The Winnipeg murder of book
keeper, telegraphed on the 18th, had an I'M
expected denoument ON the l4th, in the ar
rest at Minneapolis of the man supposed 10
be dead on a charge OF being the assassin,
This man named e. A. SchOtield told the
following story:
Il am the Winnipegger who is supposed
10 be murdered. On Saturday evening /
went to the office where | am employed
book keeper. ! slaughtered two chickens
and scattered their blood about the office
and ON the furniture. | afterward took the
dead chickens 60 the river and dropped
them through the ice This money with the
exception of about 500 is my own | re-
sorted 10 this way of getting
away from Winnipeg and avoiding Certain
domestic troubles which it is not necessary
for me 10 tell about Just now" Schoiield
was dressed as "a luuberman, and has
S9,Ol5 with him. He vas released and soon
disappeared from public view.
GAINESVILLE. Wis, is suffering floods
caused 10y rain and snow turning to water.
The bridges at Shopiere and Tuttleviile
were carried away and the Tuttleville grist-
mill nearly destroyed. Nashouts on the
&. NJ. x st. Il. X. r., on the Sth, between
GAINESVILLE ana Rockford caused that
branch To be abandoned. At Racine, Duck
Creek overilowed floating lumber yards.
Some twenty houses were surround
Ell and reached only by boats. At Beloit
the flood was without precedent; occupants
of houses were driven out, the Free Press
office was submerged and some live stock
drowned. A culvert on the Northwestern
and a bridge ON the st. Paul road were
washed cat suspending travel
New Orleans Special: The tow boat
4 ~
bushels of bulk spring wheat from Minneso-
Ia for export This is the first shipment of
consequence for years of Minnesota wheat
via New Orleans, all from that section hav-
/ ing gone by way of Chicago, New York and
/ Baltimore. This shipment came by rail 10
Cairo, where il was loaded into barges for
| this port Ii was consigned to William
| Dunn Il Co, branch of Chicago house re-
Gently established here for the handling of
these shipments. Much more grain from the
same direction is ON its way here, which in
dicates that this is something more than an
| experiment.
Thomas +. McGowan, the owner of
/ the Zenith restaurant at Duluth, attended
/ the Theater Comique at Minneapolis Thurs
| day evening and fell asleep in a box in
/ which he was sitting with two gentleman,
/ and being awakened, rose to his feet,
/ stepped backward and fell out of the box on
/ TO lic stage separating uc upper boilcS VI
the spinal column from the base of the skull,
causing instant death He was ~ years of
| age and leaves a wife.
Stewart l. Moore, assistant general
/ freight agent of the Northern Pacific, has
received a letter from Alfred Myers propri-
etor of a ranch on Shields river, Montana
| Mr.. Myers has coo head of cattle upon the
range and saws that he does not expect the
! Ip-a RI, hn FOR l1o IF mas
years. The cattle that have died ON his
ranch SO far We're mostly old cows, and a
few that were with calf.
GOV. McGill, of Minnesota has an
nounced the following as members of the
Governors staff; J. Il. Hawley, st. Paul,
assistant adjutant general; Bishop Ireland,
chaplain; Geo. A. Whitney, of Wadena
and w f. Haskell Minneapolis, aides, with
rank Of major; j. ii. Stevenson, of Zum-
brota. and 4. Binley, of Red Wing, aides
with rank of captain and Capt F. p.
Wright assistant inspector general
From the White River bridge disas-
ter it was reported on the 9th that the total
number of persons on the destroyed cars,
| including employees, was 81, thirty -four are
/ known to be dead, twelve are known to
! have gone home, which with 36 injured
leaves two missing. Fifteen bodies only
4 nave been lutuIlDeu. Inc report Oh IDe IOSS
of Mrs, Fairbanks was erroneous, as she
was not on the train
The Dodge County, Mimi, Sunday
School association has been organized with
the following officers: President, Prof ID.
A. Gaines, vice-president, II. A. Barnes
| corresponding secretary, j. Nj. Wylie re-
| cordiug secretary, Mrs Engelberner; exec
utive committee the officers of the society
I nd ms of the VILLAGE A 1yip lent
is 10 be appointed in each township.
At Lyons and St. Etennc, France,
bombs were thrown on the 9th at police
Headquarters, but comparatively little dam
| age was done to persons or property Sew
| eral arrests have been made of those sup
posed to have connection with the outrages
Hiram W Hin has been nominated
postmaster AT st. Charles MINI. He is ed
itor and proprietor of the st. Charles Times.
/ His nomination was secured by Congress
mar elect Wilson. Mr.. Hill succeeds John
Pickett, whose term of office mas expired.
Earnings of the St. Paul Il Duluth
for the first week in February were $40, 723,
| against Sl6.s46 for the corresponding week
| OF 1856. For the year thus far they foot up
| Sl2g.409. For the same time last year they
were only s'3,@'S, a gain of so5,44l.
Work has begun on the Lake City,
Mimi, government breakwater. Contracts
for furnishing the stone required in its con
struction have been awarded TO r. Ii. Foss
! and Frank Brown of that place, who will be-
gin the hauling Immediately.
The Knights Templar banquet at Grand
Forks, Dak on the 10th, was a brilliant
affair; $50 couples were present including
guests from Crookston, Grafton, Larimore
and other PLACES. CQmmandery No. scov-
cred itself with glory.
The dwelling of Charles Miller, a
farmer living near McCauleyville, Mimi,
was burned, Miller and his family barely
escaped with their lives. A German work
ing for Miller, Albert Sallen, was burned TO
death.
c. l. Woodbury. of Waseca, found
dead in her stall an imported Holstein COW
worth S4O0 Her stomach was found load
ed witt taclls, nails and of bits iron, evident
" introduced from mill feed.
The skating rink at Wadena, Mimi,
used for storing wheat and containing 5000
bushels. was wrecked ON the 9th. by the
roof falling in from the weight of snow.
The grain was not damaged.
Jacob Minker. of Hastings, MINI,
under the Mexican pension bill, has for
warded his application to Washington, and
expects soon his back pension-S3,936. He
is eighty-two years old.
The officers elected for the Hastings,
Mimi, Union Industrial Association for the
ensuing year are President, j. J. Rhodes
vice president, John Byers; treasurer, l.. 5
| Follett.
Two hotels and other property were
burned at Ogden, Iowa, Sunday morning,
10y incendiary fire. Loss si0,0O0.
THE MARKETS.